Wisconsin Resources Protection Council

January 9, 2020

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

Merry Christmas, said the Aquila Resources radio ad. But the only thing they left us in their stocking is fool’s gold. Let’s not be the fool in their stocking. If allowed to dig the Back Forty Mine, Aquila would destroy the watershed with acid mine drainage — a byproduct of mineral extraction. Shakey Lakes — the crown jewel of Lake Township — would be one of the first casualties of the mine. This popular county park would be decimated by air, water and noise pollution. Acid mine drainage — similar to battery acid — would seep into wetlands and ruin downstream wells.

January 9, 2020

Dear WRPC Member and Friends of the Menominee River,

January 25 marks the one-year anniversary of the Brazilian mine tailings dam rupture that released almost 3 billion gallons of toxic mine waste and killed 270 people in Brazil’s deadliest-ever mining accident. After the catastrophic failure, Brazil not only banned the upstream design at issue in the disaster for future mines, but mandated that every existing mine tailings dam of that design be decommissioned. As I’ve written in an extensive background report, why would Wisconsin and Michigan residents put up with what Brazil will not? The report is online at UrbanMilwaukee.com

January 2, 2020

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

We all know there has never been a metallic sulfide mine that hasn’t poisoned the environment and there is no reason to think it will be any different with the proposed Back 40 Mine, less than 50 yards from the Menominee River. Their permit applications already show they intend to pollute.

by Isiah Holmes

December 18, 2019

Wisconsin Examiner

Published by Door County Pulse, Peninsula Pulse –  December 6th, 2019

PENNY MULLINS, EH news editor/digital director

December 6, 2019

Eagle Herald

MENOMINEE — Tom Boerner, who owns land in Lake Township directly adjacent to the Back Forty Mine, said Wednesday he doesn’t see the recent decision by a state review panel as changing too much in his and others fight against the gold and silver mine becoming a reality in Menominee County.

November 20, 2019

Eagle Herald

By Ryan Heise, Peninsula Pulse – November 1st, 2019

The Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River group joins Door County residents at Harbor View Park in Egg Harbor. The park provides views of Menominee and Marinette directly across Green Bay.

At some point during the summer bustle, I had the occasion to speak with an agitated gentleman who owns a home on the waters of Green Bay in Egg Harbor. He was concerned about air cannons blasting continually on Hat Island across from his home. I envisioned him on the other side of the phone, red-eyed and disheveled from lack of sleep.

PENNY MULLINS, EH news editor/digital director

October 24, 2019

Eagle Herald

GREEN BAY — A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Coalition to Save the Menominee River against the developers of the Back Forty Mine in Menominee County, as well as several federal agencies.

October 11, 2019

Eagle Herald

Dear Editor,

Back Forty project — is it a done deal? No.

Aquila does not have all necessary Back Forty permits. As of Oct. 6, only one of five required permits has been both issued and deemed “effective,” and that is the NPDES Permit, No. 1 on the list below.